Emotion in Lutesong: EMS 31 March

[doversoul1]

As part of this year's Free Thinking Festival of Ideas, tenor Charles Daniels and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny take is on a journey through the full gamut of emotions in 17th-century lutesong in a concert recorded at St Mary's Church, Gateshead.
Presented by Hannah French.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003sg3

No EML this week but it will be back next week.

[Richard Tarleton]

As part of this year's Free Thinking Festival of Ideas, tenor Charles Daniels and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny take is on a journey through the full gamut of emotions in 17th-century lutesong in a concert recorded at St Mary's Church, Gateshead.
Presented by Hannah French.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003sg3

No EML this week but it will be back next week.

On yesterday's BAL, Dr Kirsten Gibson reflected on changing performance styles in early music, starting with Peter Pears and Julian Bream doing Morley's It was a lover and his lass.....contrasting the Consort of Musicke's more buttoned-up style in their Complete Dowland of the late 70s with Rooley and Kirkby today.....

[ardcarp]

Out of interest, have a listen to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcO8OFN6HM4

Rene was my singing teacher, and really a pioneer in the performance of Lute Song and other early music, at a time when such things as lutes and viols belonged to a 'foreign country' in mainsream musical circles. This will sound very dated to modern ears, but one shouldn't forget the importance of those who 're-discovered' 16th and 17th century English music. Of course there were pre-second-war pioneers (R.R. Terry, Dometsch) but the big flowering came in the 50s with the likes of The Golden Age Singers, The Deller Consort and others. In fact while Deller himself is sometimes thought of as having a 'pure' voice, his delivery is often packed with expression and, yes, emotion.